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Teens are now allowed to make their own choices and use their freedom of speech in school in order to say (or not say) the pledge.

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In 1943, the supreme court deemed it unconstitutional to force students to say the pledge of allegiance.

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Teachers would lower students' grades, physically assault them, shame/berate them, and even suspend students for not saying the pledge.

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I'm sure this is not a huge problem now, but it shows that you won't win every case even if you felt it violated your rights and affected you.

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Name of case

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This impacts others because now days they can do whatever they want with their hair there’s no rule in school anymore.

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The district court ruled that there were no due processes or equal protection claims violated because she was still enrolled at the school at the age of 18, meaning she still had to follow the same rules and receive the same consequences.

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The name of the case was Richards v. Thurston (first circuit court, 1970)

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This lets students know they can express themselves no matter what the situation is in school. As long as it sends a good message and isn’t harmful to anyone students can put any clothing on to represent what they support or believe in.

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It impacts teens because they’ll think that they will get away with whatever they do without any punishment.

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The ruling was “Freedom to wear ones hair at a certain length or to wear a bread is constitutionally protected”

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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court's majority ruled that neither students nor teachers “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”

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3 girls got in trouble for breaking school rules and were brought in the office. One of them was Jessica Serafin (18), and when she protested she was hit with a paddle and suffered minor injuries to her wrist when trying to avoid it.

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the Court held that the suspension of students by a public school for wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War violated their First Amendment rights.

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Robert refused to cut his hair because it was dress code so he got expelled. He sued his school.

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Wendy

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This case impacts teens because they know that they can get away with displaying things like this without getting in serious trouble.

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The principals of the Des Moines school ruled to prohibit the wear of the armbands and will suspend students if refused to remove them.

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In 1965 a group of students decided to wear black armbands to school in order to protest the war in Vietnam.

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The court ruled that the school could not punish student for distributing material off campus.

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Tinker v Des Moine

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Students created and published an independent newspaper that school officials deemed “obscene” and punished them for it.

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The court condemned the school’s decision as a violation of the students 1st and 14th amendment rights.

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Because of this case, children and teenagers today are not subject to corporal punishment  as a form of discipline.

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The case was ruled in favor of the two students, the court agreeing that by being struck with a paddle, their 8th amendment rights were violated.

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Thomas v. Board of education, Granville central school District.

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Two students were expelled for writing an article that showed critical editorials of the school.

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This case impacts teens today as we are allowed to speak and write about things such as our schools freely and openly because of it.

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Name of case : Dress codes and uniforms (Richard v. Thurston)

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Name of case : Dress codes and uniforms (Richard v. Thurston)

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Tinker V.  Des Moines (U.S Supreme Court)

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Leading up to this case, two High School students, James Ingraham and Roosevelt Andrews, were struck with a paddle as punishment for misbehavior. Claiming this violated their 8th amendment rights, they took this to the Supreme Court.

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Scoville v. Board of education Joliet township

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Name of case: Serafin v. School of Excellence in Education (Fifth Circuit 2007)

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Name of case: Serafin v. School of Excellence in Education (Fifth Circuit 2007)

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Ingrahm v. Right

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Tommy

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Jessica

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Marisoll

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Tyler Brown

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Deja’nae

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Maggie